Scholes wasn't the only goodbye today, and Zhuo Yang wasn't. The 41-year-old Edwin van der Sar also used the match as his farewell performance.

Van der Sar may not be a descendant of Manchester United's Academy like Paul Scholes, but his retirement game seems to be more spectacular than a ginger today, as he was still a regular for the giants until the final day of his career.

To be able to retire as a main starter in the Champions Cup final, it seems that only Maldini in '09 has done it before. Although Van der Sar has a big gap with Maldini in terms of realm and status, he is still a great figure in the goalkeeper world.

In order to reward his six-year veteran at Manchester United, Ferguson deliberately put on the Red Devils' armband for Van der Sar, hoping that he could lift the trophy as captain after 90 minutes.

The Lord and Van der Sar also agreed in advance that if the score was ahead, it would be better to lead by two goals, so they would replace him after 85 minutes, and let him accept the cheers of the whole stadium alone, and he could have a glorious farewell.

For now, though, it will be difficult for Van der Sar to repeat Maldini's appearance at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome two years ago. On that day, in the 89th minute of the game, AC Milan led Barcelona 3:2, and the 41-year-old Paulo Maldini bid farewell to his 31-year football career and gave up the armband of the Red Milan Empire to Zhuo Yang.

Van der Sar is nowhere near as legendary as Maldini and cannot afford to retire the 'No.1' shirt for United. In his more than 30 years of football, it is only in the last six years that his reputation has entered the ranks of top goalkeepers.

In his six-year career with the Red Devils, Van der Sar has blocked the shots of many excellent goalscorers and has also been missed by many top goalscorers, among whom he is most impressed by Zhuo Yang.

Counting today, Zhuo Yang and Manchester United have played each other eight times, scoring 10 goals, all 10 of which were through Van der Sar. But Van der Sar was not impressed by the 10 goals conceded, and he was able to remember Zhuo Yang because of a successful defense.

On 25 April 2006, Manchester United and Madiburg met in the Champions League semi-finals at Old Trafford, when a first-half strike from Zhuo Yang shook Van der Sar into the net from the edge of the penalty area.

Although the ball was saved by him, the horror in Van der Sar's heart made him unforgettable in his life. It was his first time playing against Zhuo Yang, and Zhuo Yang scored two goals that day, and so far Zhuo Yang has had many shots saved by Van der Sar, but he is still thinking about that powerful shot.

Van der Sar is a bit fatalistic, he always feels that the first time he met Zhuo Yang, he kicked out a terrifying shot, so the last time he faced him, he couldn't get it and there would be such a play, there was a beginning and an end, there was a cause and effect to call fate.

People are always good at hinting at themselves, and the closer to the end of the game, the stronger Van der Sar's hunch becomes, and he is convinced that Zhuo Yang will not let him go today. Although Barcelona is now almost overwhelmed by Manchester United's hysterical attack, Van der Sar is always ready to meet Zhuo Yang's dark blow.

Barcelona feels very young, but in fact, Manchester United has more young players on the field, and the crazy offensive of the hairy boys has beaten Barcelona to a loss, and Zhuo Yang has no longer needed Guardiola's orders, and has consciously retreated to the midfield.

The time has exceeded 80 minutes, and there are no 10 minutes left to play a full game, although the score of 3:1 seems to be stable, but the dog can still drive the tiger all over the ground, not to mention Manchester United crazy. One of the wonders of football is that it can never be absolute.

Zhuo Yang incarnated as a midfielder, and Busquets joined hands to block Manchester United's attack as far as possible outside the 40-meter line, and even the midfield line, even if Barcelona was passive, it would not be obscene to swing the bus, they couldn't learn Mourinho's tricks, and pressing the whole field was the right way.

Manchester United's wide attacks were too sharp, with Valencia, Nani, Rooney, Hernandez, including Park Ji-sung, hitting Barcelona's back over and over again. Xavi and Xiaobai have both been beaten as full-backs, so you can imagine how ruthless these Red Devils are.

Barcelona were crumbling under the storm of Manchester United, and at this time Manchester United was already invincible, perhaps just one breath away from destroying Barca's solidity, Ferguson looked anxiously at Giggs.

Manchester United is just short of Wang Laoji's breath! Giggs Lingxiu is still the same, but he is indeed old, nearly ninety minutes of high-intensity confrontation makes him powerless at this time, he is almost 38 years old, and he has to wrestle with a beast like Zhuo Yang over and over again, and God will feel sorry for him.

Zhuo Yang just choked the key point of Wang Laoji, so that Manchester United missed the link of the last pass, and all kinds of assaults were vigorous, but they just couldn't form an attack in the most reasonable position. It seemed that the football kept hitting Valdés like a cannonball to defend the goal, but it was all forced to reluctantly get up.

Giggs dribbled the ball to try to shake off Zhuo Yang's entanglement, Rooney was close from the left side to meet him, Wang Laoji is very experienced, he first made a one-two with Rooney to the left, and then braked and pushed the leg to Scholes on the right.

It's a pity that he couldn't win Zhuo Yang, and Wang Laoji was seen through. Zhuo Yang hurried down from his right side, and broke it neatly without mercy.

Giggs went to pull Zhuo Yang's jersey with both hands, and although he couldn't completely pull it in the end, he finally stopped Zhuo Yang from counterattacking. Rooney was unambiguous, his sliding shovel like a Tomahawk missile, forcing Zhuo Yang to stumble and pull the ball out of the way.

Advancing less than ten meters, Zhuo Yang didn't have time to divide the ball to find Boss Mei or Huluwa, Scholes came again, and in the blink of an eye, he pounced on his face.

Regardless of his three-seven-twenty-one, Zhuo Yang, who was already very tired, simply kicked away. Whether it's useful or not, let's get the football out first. 0.1 seconds before Scholes pounced, Zhuo Yang scurried a long-range shot from 40 yards.

Van der Sar, who guarded the gate, was deeply engraved in his mind. It's exactly the same as now, it's also this distance, and it's also so 'improvised', even Zhuo Yang's ugly appearance with crooked teeth is the same, and even the ball speed is also unhurried.

Here it comes! Here it comes!

Van der Sar is a big enemy, and he doesn't want to give his life to the last football game. After the dantian sank, his feet were firmly tied to the ground, and the soles of his shoes were about to be cut into the turf. The cheeks were all cheering, and the horse's steps were as indestructible as a bridge pier.

With his back in the form of a bow, Van der Sar shifted his weight forward, bent his arms in perfect shape and waited for the shocking blow. He solidified himself into a boulder, a mountain.

However, Zhuo Yang is a casual long-range shot, aiming at the goal but not having time to pursue the dead corner, the strength is average, and the arc ball is a long shot.

The focus is on the word 'arc'!

So, the ball shook past Shi Dangdang van der Sar and rushed headlong into the middle of the goal behind him without saying a word. The net was shaking, but Van der Sar was still moving.